A 3-year follow-up study of inpatients with lower limb ulcers: Evidence of an obesity paradox?

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-186

  Miller, Michelle ^a   Delaney, Christopher ^b   Penna, Deanna ^a   Liang, Lilian ^a   Thomas, Jolene ^a   Puckridge, Phillip ^b   Spark, James I ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fat mass; Obesity; Overweight; Ulcers; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ULCER; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84874787878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S33625     Document Type: Article

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